Pepper Plant Leaves Turning Yellow? Common Causes & Solutions - Pepper Geek

[@chrispigott6913]

I use tea made from grass cuttings for nitrogen. Banana skins for pottasium and kitchen waste for compost, I put the compost in shallow trenches and cover with soil in the late autumn. I don't buy fertilizer, just to save money . I put plastic pipe tubes into the ground beside my plants to water the roots and use less water that way. Works for me !

[@Charm-313]

WOW😳 That's awesome 😃👍🏾 I got some tea made and compost as well but never thought of the tube idea. I'm gonna try that because I'm in zone 8b and it gets HOT 🥵 I can't get my watering right because of it

[@pffffffffffffrtttt]

2nd year into growing peppers and still finding your videos useful

[@wonderfulherennow]

Dense information that's definitely going to help me become a better mom to my pepper plants. I love how you have indicated the problems, their cause & symptoms and solutions.

[@owonpattaya81]

Brilliant video you have no idea how many times I've searched online looking for such a detailed video explaining various pepper problems hopefully I will get a half decent harvest this year thanks for making this

[@christopherbaby3842]

Commenting for the algorithm. This video was phenomenal

[@PepperGeek]

:) Thank you

[@mytech6779]

Manganese deficiency has the intervanial chlorosis (as do iron and zinc), magnesium shows as yellow around the edges of the leaf with a green patch in the center.

[@filmcrew5848]

Thank you. Saved my pepper plant from the compost bin.

[@faustocontreras9751]

don't you dare quit making vids bro, you guys have become my fav channel 🤘🔥🔥🔥🤘

[@PepperGeek]

No shot! We're working on an upload as we speak :) Thanks for watching.

[@shaheempashua6924]

For snails and slugs in the yard mix white vinegar and water pour it at night with your watering can it gets rid of them love all your videos👊✌️

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

White vinegar and water really works for insect control huh,I gotta try it,thanks..

[@shaheempashua6924]

@@mercedesbenzs600bash should add a drop or two of dishwashing liquid or preferably hand wash mix well this helps to keep whatever you spray on your plants to stick on the leaves for a few days

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

@@shaheempashua6924 Much appreciated 🙏🏾

[@danndeelion]

I like you include Japanese bonsai scissors in that Amazon list! Definitely a handy tool for finely trimming your plants.

[@riaanvolschenk4126]

I REALLY love your videos. It surely help me so so much. I just started to plant chilli peppers about 3 months ago, because I love them and the taste. Thank you soooo much. I am from Cape Town South Africa and even here we get lots of plant issues although it does not get that cold here

[@rosswoodland6449]

I love that KZbin sent me back to this video as "recommended" after I've already watched it because I forgot to like the video. Problem solved LOL.

[@PepperGeek]

:) Thank you

[@-._MXN]

Great video! Could you make a video of actually dunking (submerging) a young plant in soapy neem water? How do you protect the soil from becoming mud? Do you wrap the pot in a plastic bag or something like that?

[@pencaps]

I'm guessing he means to turn the pot upside down and dunk the greenery part of the plant only.

[@davidthedeaf]

Spray bottle

[@deepalib3096]

I like ur experiments with plants.... Very informative video

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks :) Can't wait to run more scientific experiments once we have the space to do so!

[@Thewretchedwilly]

I’m pretty certain you saved a reaper plant from an early grave. I’m going to try tip #1! Thank you so much pepper geek team!

[@PepperGeek]

Glad to hear it! Good luck with your grow :)

[@lauriesmith7517]

I have a tendency to overwater and my young peppers start yellowing, but if I back off and let them dry out they bounce right back.

[@joey8567]

Absolutely

[@migmagingenieria]

Yup, I've done the same mistake.

[@joey8567]

@@migmagingenieria Hard to buy quality soil is another issue. I now keep all scraps, clippings, ashes from all pits, ............. New garden bed I've made is low on nutrients. If it rains, the bought soil forms a crust. I put my qt size starter pots in holes in garden so now on a normal water. Plants looking better. Also added bone meal to the equation.

[@drewjorde]

I went to check mine this morning before going to work and noticed one of the leaves was turning yellow. Maybe I should just try this

[@ammiedoering4205]

Thank you. I wasn’t sure, but they had been recently watered. I’m like a mother hen w my seedlings

[@edperry64]

So much info! really enjoying your videos. Just started growing and hoping this first season turns out well. In San Diego…

[@DonPandemoniac]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@PepperGeek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hairybass480]

I'm gonna dunk some of my experiments in a soap bath. Good idea if you have a problem and can live with maybe loosing a plant but it's so worth a shot. Thank you for the idea.

[@EL12111]

I do that with my children, It works fine with them. Haven't lost any yet.

[@ladycaska2104]

@@EL12111 🤣

[@desertstyle4839]

I was worried about overwatering at the beginning because the soil about an inch deep was darker then the surface but not really wet realized I was actually underwatering after I bought a moisture/ph sensor. Then when I looked up how to water pepper plants I was still underwatering them. I live in a dry, windy hot always sunny environment here in west Texas. I use fabric pots on top of that so the water really doesn't get deep and stay.

[@chidiekeagwu5893]

Thanks so much. Just to the point!

[@gardenlifelove9815]

Thank you so much for this information, I've been freaking out about why my ghost peppers dropped their big leaves but I do belive now that it's because I let them outside too soon :-/ they got cold.. theyre still alive and I am making them better now that the weather has involved in my area, but without this info I would be still freaking out continously until I found out how or why.. thank you thank you thank you!!!!

[@PepperGeek]

You're welcome, good luck with the plants!

[@masclesalva7081]

Thanks for the info re aphids! Watching agn for my peppers and found these nasties in my calamansi/Phil.lime... They're practically feasting on the younger/softer branches 😡 didnt really know how to get rid of them 🤔😣🤔😥 Thank you for mentioning the neem oil... will buy soon :))

[@FuelX]

Thank you! I have aphids on my one year old Jalapenos. Been fighting them all winter. I tried Safer Endall with little results. Showers help. I will try neem oil, thanks.

[@PepperGeek]

They’re tough to deal with, best of luck

[@FuelX]

@@PepperGeek Thank you!

[@hairybass480]

I had aphids in arizona. They were an easy problem there but then I moved to Oregon and they have super aphids here that nothing kills. Lol I have been in a 6 month battle with them indoors. Nasty little disease spreading bugs.

[@FuelX]

@@hairybass480 And they reproduce so fast! I will be more carefull next fall. And I didnt know they can spread plant diseases.

[@hairybass480]

@@FuelX if something is present they are little carriers for it. My winter projects were tormented all season from aphids and other problems. They are so prolific!

[@DS-ep9pp]

10/10! Thank you for the content.

[@PepperGeek]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@Mike-Eye]

Great info friends!

[@cannabis1490]

Great Videos every time! I know my peppers ( 3 sets of true leaves) are over watered (poor drainage). I noticed they are still green but they droop and they have not grown in the past 2 days. I was thinking of removing them from these pots with poor drainage and re-pot them in a bit larger pot with fresh airy potting soil. Please let me know if this is a good idea. Thank you so much I appreciate your videos .

[@PepperGeek]

Sounds like you may want to repot if the soil they are in doesn’t drain well. Or, if the pots don’t have holes, it’s best to have at least one to allow excess water to drain after watering. If it’s just a matter of one time overwatering, repotting may not be necessary, just let the soil dry out and water less

[@cannabis1490]

@@PepperGeek thanks for the advise...i didn't have to re-pot as you advised ...after a couple days of drying out they were 'happy' again. Thanks again I appreciate your time n talent.

[@FlashAsh]

Fantastically explained through each potential problem 1 by 1. It's now clear to me that the night time temp drop is the cause of my random leaf drops. it's mid summer but this week has been a bit chilly (pun intended hehe) Do you know if they will recover now that the temp has risen again? P.S. so glad i found your channel. You give clear and simple instructions that help a novice like me so much!

[@AmpedZWeb]

Y’all need a discord to gather the community together. Let all the fans, enthusiasts and experts talk about their grows, advice, cooking, etc.

[@PepperGeek]

We do have a facebook group, wasn't sure if a discord would be the right platform for a majority of our viewers..maybe in the future - facebook.com/groups/536933167317063

[@lapk78]

The newest/youngest leaves on some of my pepper plants are growing in very pale green, almost yellow. The lower/older leaves are still green and look fine. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

[@3_up_moon]

How is the lighting? Too much light can make them bleach out. Too little light, they can be lacking chlorophyll. Are the leaves deformed in any way?

[@se7encureton]

PG I have another question I can’t seek to figure out. One of my Fresno Chili’s is kind of browning but it’s rather small. The other couple are larger and don’t have the issue with the browning. I thought it maybe sun burn but I turn my plants a once a week. New to the game and you have been a massive help❣️

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks! glad we've been helpful. The brown could just be the peppers starting to ripen from green to red. They usually go dark brown/black before turning a bright red. If you see holes in the peppers, it could be borer insect damage

[@se7encureton]

@@PepperGeek thanks once again:)

[@jtwhicker]

I want to know about the black stems - some sources say that it's pepper plague and others are like, 'nah, don't worry about it.'

[@umikalthumabdulmajid5406]

Tqvm for d tuition. I hope I can save my chilli plants in time. Esp abt too much water!! I live in M'sia, and it's rainy season now!!!

[@PepperGeek]

In ground plants need good drainage, hopefully your garden soil has that!

[@umikalthumabdulmajid5406]

@@PepperGeek Tk u for reply. I grow my chillies in pots(only hav pocket garden and I grow other plants I love to hav so garden is admittedly crowded). But will watch out for over watering and pests. 👌😬

[@harryukraine]

Great video by the way.

[@RodrigoMtzs]

hey! I bought the fertilizer you recommended on this video(neptunes). It says to fertilize weekly but my plants don't need water every week(top inch it's still moist and I don't want to overwater), how can I fertilize the plants if they don't need water just yet? Thanks, awesome video!

[@chrisb.8441]

Great Video!

[@onnio7998]

I'got some little living black dots underneath my leaves. They've been yhere for a couple of moths alreade without causing any problems. A few days ago some of my pepper plant's leaves started yellowing though. I live at a colder clumate though and the temperature could have dropped below 10 or even 8 degrees celsius when the plant was out. I suspect this yellowing is due to the cold as it's happening away from the black living things, high up in yhe plant and random. Brought the plant inside. Hope it's fine. Thanks Pepper Geek!

[@PepperGeek]

Definitely sounds like cold stress - hope it can survive!

[@justinsane7832]

Thanks so much for this! You saved my plants 😂

[@syedasajjad1399]

Thanks very informative 😊

[@TherealMarkyMars]

the yellowing leaves and drops started happening as the loaded pepper plant's fruits are just starting to show signs of the start of ripening... and based on this video... I guess I need to provide more nitrogen to the plant.. I have cal-mag that I use once a week, but the directions mentioned every single watering, so I'll do that and add in a squirt of fish fert for good measure. lets see if that helps and doesn't slow or stop the fruit from ripening.

[@DHosa713]

My serrano pepper plant is showing yellowing at the top of the plant instead of the bottom, I guess on the new growth. The plant is in the ground and is producing, probably has like 10 peppers growing on it and is about 2 feet tall or less, the branches are growing long side ways too. I fertilize it with miracle gro made for fruit production every 2 weeks, should I switch to a higher nitrogen? I have general purpose miracle gro as well that I use on my small key lime tree

[@cepesquar3736]

Very helpful! Thanks! I have mealy bugs on the underside of the leaves. Want to try the dunking method. Do you have the ratio for how much Dr. Bronner’s soap I should put in? Also dunking everything with the whole pot? wouldnt the soil get flushed out? Please help! Thank you so much!!

[@dananurse3211]

@peppergeek I read someplace recently that you should not fertilizer the pepper plants during the very hot summers here in Texas. Is that accurate?

[@PepperGeek]

It may be wise to hold off feeding if your plants are stunted from very high temperatures. The extra nutrients won't really help the plants if they aren't actively growing/producing. Otherwise, if your plants are getting bigger every day and show signs of nutrient depletion, feeding can help

[@robbo7765]

Brilliant 👍.Thanks for sharing. Robbo 🌶🫑

[@PepperGeek]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tabuyabuzwani1012]

Cool stuff.

[@tajialleyne6672]

Good video. Thx

[@sianthorw5537]

if your plant is flowering/fruiting and gets yellow leaves, is it still a good idea to idea to increase Nitrogen? I always thought you needed to lower Nitrogen at that stage and increase potassium??

[@PepperGeek]

Good question. Yellowing leaves doesn't always indicate a nitrogen deficiency though. It could just be that the leaves are aging and dying off, which happens naturally. Also, the plants still do require some nitrogen, just less of it to avoid overly-leafy plants. I wouldn't go nuts with the nitrogen during fruiting, but make sure the plants have some.

[@rpals5412]

Hi I have a very large pot with 3 different peppers growing in it. One large planted long time ago, another medium sized platen little later, and a 3rd one plated 2 weeks ago from sprouted seedling. The newest member to the family seems to have stopped growing, it have remained very very tine for a week now, it seems like progress is on pause, and few days ago, it's only two leaves in the middle has started turning slightly yellow. Any idea why this might be ?

[@bfrijas]

In the case of a potentially overwater plant, would you recommend making additional drainage holes and increase periods between watering?

[@PepperGeek]

Some people swear by “air” pots which have many holes all around the sides and bottom, but we haven’t tried them yet. But no we don’t really make additional holes, just water only when it is really necessary

[@masklessfaceless0820]

Mix in perlite with your potting soil that will help with drainage

[@waynemiller6945]

What about the seeds from a plant with suspected Bacterial Leaf Spots? Will they produce plants with Bacterial Leaf Spots or will they grow otherwise healthy plants? Thanks, Wayne

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, seeds can contaminate plants. Do your best to avoid bad seeds!

[@russelldheilman]

I've heard of spraying magnesium sulfate directly on the leaves to correct deficiency, does this make sense or should it go in the soil?

[@canlatic]

With a the cold weather thing i have a green house so should I just close the door on that?

[@Frosty-amphibian]

I have well water so I use a water softener solution. Does that have an effect on the plants? My seedlings seem to take a while to germinate, a while to grow and they tend to turn yellow and leaves become brittle. I love peppers but they do not love me. Help! Please 🙏

[@PepperGeek]

Hmm..I wouldn't think well water would be an issue, even after softening. More important is soil, temp, light exposure and nutrients.

[@tobias-holub]

well that was helpful, thanks!

[@PepperGeek]

It is unlikely, but certainly possible, especially if the different varieties are from the same species. If you are selling seeds and guaranteeing a certain variety, you should take precautions to avoid cross pollination. Otherwise, we love the unexpected cross variant :)

[@theoneandonlyzako]

As for diseased plant do I really need to trash it or is the fruit still edible?

[@PepperGeek]

Sometimes the fruit is okay, just always cut away any parts that are rotted or moldy

[@boyboy-sp5zg]

How about the double cup method the roots of pepper is also sitting in the water...

[@PepperGeek]

Haven't tried it, but seen that it works well

[@sabrinahaq2997]

Hello, I used Marphyl pant food. But i have yellow leaves on my pepper plant in indoor green house. Is Marphyl a bad choice? Please help. Thank you!

[@ijeomaekpe7028]

I have some pepper plants in containers struggling for a long time now, the leaves and flowers are falling off and some have burnt tip, please how do I rectify it. I am in Nigeria Africa. Thanks

[@FishnJP]

Good morning! I needed this video! For some reason I’m having an issue with my young scorpion plants. They started rough and light green but it seems after awhile they out grew whatever it was and are no producing normal dark green leaves. What I’m not understanding is that they are in a flat with 12 more plants(other varieties) and they aren’t having same issues. What could be causing this to happen with ONLY the scorpions? Also, how soon can I start using my fox farm bloom? I’m currently using neptunes harvest and agri grow. ( not at same time). With a higher npk. Will this get them to kick up the growth faster?

[@thesharminkhan]

Thanks for such a detailed video. I sowed the pepper seeds in a plastic yogurt box a few months ago as an experiment and then surprisingly they did very well in the beginning, then I moved them to a bigger yogurt box and they were doing fine until I repotted them into a bigger clay pot and they stopped growing. They are shedding leaves and the stem is turning brown. The leaves are shedding from bottom to up and I don't know what is the issue. Leaves are not yellow or curled and neither do I over water them. I live in Germany and there is not enough sun for many weeks in winter but I think if sunlight was the issue then they wouldn't have been fine in yogurt boxes and they survived indoors when outside temperatures were very low during those times. Please tell me how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

[@PepperGeek]

Did you switch the soil medium? Sometimes if it is not well-drained or you compact it too tight, the water can become trapped and drown the roots. On the flip side, when it dries out, it is hard to re-saturate. Not sure that this is the cause, but could be a culprit.

[@thesharminkhan]

@@PepperGeek Thanks for replying. I did change the soil this time. Earlier I was using the soil "Blumenerde" which is for flowers and this time I used "Bio-erde" which is like the organic soil in English (but now that I noticed on the packet it says it is for herbs like Rosemarine and Thymine). Do you think this could be the issue? Which soil would you recommend? Other than that I did not stuff the soil too tight.

[@tonyharrison4378]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[@gypsygrama]

I love your brain 😊

[@tohatv2615]

Nice to meet you, I'm from Indonesia I also experience yellow pentakit on chili leaves sometimes I also make content to overcome this together Let's just know first if we can continue to be friends and here I also experience the same thing and I like it

[@ijeomaekpe7028]

Please can orange peels help in fixing nitrogen lack. Thanks

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

I wish you had got an answer

[@nelsontan8328]

Hi can teach me how to prevent chilli being stink by fruit fly to lay egg on the chilli cos worm inside the chilli please advise cos I am a new learner thank you.

[@markiesmark]

You're great!

[@dustyflats3832]

I tried Neem oil and soap solution on seedlings with aphids and it didn’t help. Later when they were outside I used a horticultural oil and it fixed it.

[@DemiABrown]

Hello, what horticultural oil did you use ?

[@davidthedeaf]

My pepper have no bugs. All the bugs are interested in is my kohl rabbi. But my pepper has now 4 peppers growing, is huge plant, and a few leaves are yellowing…again. Last time I mixed in water crushed eggshells, yogurt, epsom salt, and fertilizer and it greened back up in 24 hours. Go figure. I tried just the calcium and doesn’t look like much changed. I will now try the other things one day at a time to figure out the cause. Something just leaches out after a few weeks in my container. But the leaves do get greener again.

[@jennifergriffin3690]

Help. I have pepper seedling in plastic cups under grow lights . They were doing fine until one morning they were all wilted and dying. What did I do wrong?

[@PepperGeek]

Hmm, drainage? Don't make the soil soaking wet, and they might also need better aeration. We have a video about drooping leaves!

[@brianjohnston4207]

My manzano peppers seem to be growing well with new growth thats deep green but the lowest leaves seem to turn yellow. I think that this my be normal they've been transplanted into fertilized soil and only watered when dry.

[@hollygemma8236]

Hi A few weeks ago I put my pepper plant 🌱 on my windowsill for about an hour and went out. When I came back the plant had shrivelled up so I removed it put in in the bathroom it’s cooler in there and watered it. Within a few hours it had recovered the leaves full of life again only then did I notice that some of the leaves were burnt turned white. I remove one of them just to see what would happen and left the other on. My question is do I prune off the burnt leaves or not. I first planted the seed for this plant in mid March, it was growing well in the small container I made from a cut in half water bottle but now that I have move at to a larger container as it got bigger ( I could see the roots against the other container) it feels like it’s taking forever to put out new leaves in two weeks it’s barely done anything.

[@PepperGeek]

You don't have to prune dead leaves, they'll die and fall on their own. Give them a slight tug to see if they are loose, if they pop right off, then there ya go

[@caveman175]

I have white spots on my stems that looks like a sprinkle of salt or sugar of a distance. Could it be a fungal infection or something else?

[@PepperGeek]

Hmm..could just be natural trichomes or hairs, or it could be pests (maybe scale) or disease. Hard to know without seeing

[@wherewolf1346]

I've heard that you should stress out the plant to make it spicy. Is that just a myth? If not can you do a video on how to do that without killing your plant? Thanks in advance.

[@brianjohnston4207]

You can stress them by cutting back on the water. Water less without letting the plant wilt.

[@annetteblackmon9578]

Thank you for sharing

[@MrMegatherium]

I have a question, I had seedlings and after a week I fertilized them, and then they started becoming light green with yellow tips. Did I use too much and shock them, or not enough... or maybe too much water. I am lost.

[@tolga1cool]

My peppers (chocolate habanero) has yellowing new growth. The entire plant looks healthy, but the fresh leaves on the tip are yellow... Any idea why that might be?

[@sopalen]

This is a sign of an immobile nutrient deficiency probably Calcium.

[@deadinteresting8905]

@@sopalen ooph! You nailed it, I Googled it and pics of the exact same problem I have came up! Thank you 😊

[@JM.TheComposer]

One other underappreciated reason for seedling leaves turning yellow: The seedlings have gotten larger and your grow lights are not powerful enough relative to the plants' needs.

[@copasetic216]

Thanks

[@christophe2570]

My bell pepper only make one pepper then dies off any advice?

[@PepperGeek]

Do you feed any nutrients during the season? Get an early start, give the plant plenty of soil space, and provide a good balance of nutrients (either via healthy in ground soil/compost or with fertilizer and amendments). We have a vid about increasing yields

[@louishuang7030]

How do you deal with pepper plants with a serious powdery mildew infection (about 90% leaves infected)? It can be dealt with by chemicals, but I don't want to use those; so, does trimming all the infected leaves and spraying it with a baking soda solution helps? Or should you just choose seeds that resist fungi from the beginning? Professional pepper seed vendors are rare in my region, not sure if they'd label the product as such, at least I've never seen one.

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, I'd use the baking soda method - about 1tbsp in a gallon of water and spray everything. I don't think it will remove any of the mildew but it can help slow the spread significantly.

[@slk_beauty]

Ok, so my plant is showing something a little different than what you’ve mentioned. The new growth is very pale green (not yellow), and only on the top of the plant. The peppers have also started grow and they’re all pale green. I’ve been using fertilisers and Epsom salt, but have seen no difference. I’ve taken the plant indoors now to protect it from the cold. It did experience a bit of rain before it all started (but not too much and it was well drained). I water it lightly once a week just to add fertiliser. Can someone advice why the new growth (including the peppers) are growing pale green and how I can fix it?

[@deadinteresting8905]

Mine is yellowing… well lighter… from the top down too! Did you fix the issue?

[@slk_beauty]

@@deadinteresting8905 nope it died

[@hendog5396]

@@slk_beauty rip

[@saracampbell3755]

Love the GMM shirt!

[@PepperGeek]

🤓

[@braedythebus2018]

Merchacality found in the wild.

[@susantadey861]

Can yu kindly tell why tomto&chillie plants in pot suddenly stopped growing....fruits leaves hanging as it is.. if posss. pl reply.

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

A fish kelp emulsion with a little molasses goes a long way. Lots of nutrition in there. A little Epsom salts now and then too should cover most everything. I read that giving a struggling plant thiamine helps it overcome, just like with humans. It helped leaf curl a LOT ☺️. A week transplant will sometimes just not ever fill in.

[@omarvela3154]

how often should you repot a pepper plant

[@KornKrlz2]

You should make a pepper bonsai!

[@PepperGeek]

We did!

[@poison3x]

Hello, I got problem with all of my new sprouted chilli Habanero red... It was lookin good, but now all of them (still small like 5 cm) starting curling their leaves and one bottom leaf went yellow and fall off :( Can you please give me some tip, what it could be? :) Thank you so much :)

[@PepperGeek]

Curling can be from overwatering, lights being too close to the plants, edema, and other things. We have a video on our channel about it, but it is usually something you can fix!

[@poison3x]

@@PepperGeek Thank you so much, I wil watch those videos to learn more about chilli. I think I forgot add some dranage (keramsit) to the bottom of the flowerpot. Do you think it´s a good idea to plant them to fabric pots? Or are plastic ones better?

[@poison3x]

@@PepperGeek Sorry, I just found a video on your channel, which is few days old and it´s about transplanting, so I will watch. Sorry for bothering you :)¨ EDIT: Plants started to recover really quickly after I watered them with little bit of cal-mag and I placed them sideways so the air can flow through the bottom. But I don´t know which action fixed it :D Any ideas?

[@chippong497]

How often should pepper plants be watered?

[@PepperGeek]

Depends on the heat and sun exposure - hot days will lead to much faster water usage by the plants. It also depends on your soil's ability to retain water. Good way to know is to lift potted plants and get used to the weight of a dried out plant/freshly watered plant. You can also feel the soil 2-3" below the surface for moisture.

[@Dan-yg6ng]

But why is my pepper plant starting leaves out extremely yellow like neon yellow/green and then it grows out of it and they darken up later on???

[@PepperGeek]

Very young tiny leaves will often grow in a lighter shade of green before growing into maturity. Totally normal. This is especially noticeable for dark foliage varieties. All the leaves on this plant eventually turned dark purple: peppergeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Black-Pearl-Plant-young.jpg

[@hveal81]

I have yellowing only in the top part of my plants?

[@Weloveants]

My habanero pepper has grey tipped leaves and then two leaves fell off of it😢

[@stefanuslaubscher1261]

Also iron induction in acidic soils can cause fe deficiency

[@LEETGAMER]

i was reading that there is research about neem oil possibly messing up reproduction systems in humans. Is this true?

[@PepperGeek]

There are countries that have banned the use of products containing azadirachtin due to possible toxicity. EPA says risk is low when used as directed

[@tobedetermined4180]

I just learned, not to use dyed mulch, not brown, not black not orange or red. I guess natural.

[@bonzo1928]

My problem is a bit.more strange. My.habanero is full of chillies, I.am feeding it bloom fertiliser once per week and just 2 days ago the leaves are yellowing and falling off. I cannot figure this out...

[@steveroberts3713]

My pepper plants have fungus Nats how should I deal with this??

[@PepperGeek]

Yellow sticky traps can help with the actual flies, but the larvae they lay in the soil have to be dealt with too if you want to eradicate the problem. There are 'mosquito bits' that will kill them effectively if you want to take that route. Also, water less often to avoid standing water and excessively moist soil conditions. They like to lay eggs in moist soil.

[@steveroberts3713]

@@PepperGeek lol thx for replying I'm just finishing up repoting all the plants found soil was wet some abit anaerobic. I just found the sore of were they started, dang bag of worm casting I bought end of last summer. Figures. I can't get mosquito bits they don't sell in Canada but I got the dunks. Been fighting this problem from day 1. Thx for your reply it confirms what I've found today

[@steveroberts3713]

@@PepperGeek first time growing peppers of any kind

[@PepperGeek]

@@steveroberts3713 Love to hear that.

[@steveroberts3713]

@@PepperGeek lol cheers

[@danhughesartist]

How often should I fertilize yellow plants?

[@markoliver-ww9ld]

I don't know.

[@mikeCavalle]

Is that a soda can?

[@SuperRohithreddy]

i have leaf curling problem wats the remedy

[@squizzyicetea]

Thank God I found you. I LOVE my pepper plants. I assumed that my hot pepper plants would be easy to grow in Texas. They are... IF you know what you're doing. And I did not. Lol